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What Trump’s Racist Fantasies Get Wrong about Post-Apartheid South Africa
Published 10 months, 1 week ago
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Andile Zulu is a political writer and researcher at the Alternative Information and Development Center based in Capetown, South Africa.
Questions include…
What is the current reality around violence in South Africa, and how does it intersect with race and class?
Looking back at the fall of apartheid, was there an alternative path the ANC could have taken that would’ve led to a better present?
Given that violence in South Africa is more likely to afflict black people and that white people have largely maintained their privilege, where is this discourse of white persecution coming from?
Why does the issue of Palestinian freedom resonate for South Africans? Does South Africa’s path from apartheid offer lessons for Palestinian liberation?